Item #15944 Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route Near the 41st Parallel. Map No. 2. From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains. Capt. E. G. Beckwith.

Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route Near the 41st Parallel. Map No. 2. From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

Washington DC: Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, 1859. From Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War by Capt. E. G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery, F. W. Egloffstein, Topographer for the Route, 1855. Lithograph map of the rivers and towns between 112° and 115°30´ west longitude and 39° and 42° degrees north latitude, showing the Great Salt Lake and Great Salt Lake City; to the south, along the Sevier River, is the place where a previous survey leader, Capt. Gunnison, was "killed by Indians". From the series of maps from surveys authorized by Congress in 1853 to find potential rail routes between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.. Slightly toned at folds, sort slit at center fold, very good. References: Wheat, C.I. (TM) 823. Item #15944

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